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Best Book Recommended to You
Round 1
Swordheart (T. Kingfisher) VS Queen of the Cicadas (V. Castro)
Swordheart
Queen of the Cicadas
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Propaganda for Swordheart :
"Charming, hilarious, and occasionally terrifying, one of many bangers by Kingfisher and the first one I ever read of hers, thanks to a rec on a tumblr post. I absolutely adored the heroine, Halla, and rooted for her all the way. The stakes are fairly low, as nobody's trying to save the world, but they're high for Halla herself and her friends, and so it's never boring. Love this book!"
Propaganda for Queen of the Cicadas :
"An astounding book, horrific and erotic, also vindicating, I’ve read just about everything by this author since and I’ve only disliked one thing (which was admittedly more of a romance than a horror and I’m not partial to romance). Funny enough, the coworker who recommended this to me, is able to recommend me many books that I enjoy, but I have never successfully recommended anything to her."
finished reading 'goddess of filth' by v. castro and it was a really interesting premise tbh. a bunch of latina high school graduate women hold a seance for fun, inadvertently summon an ancient spirit and one of the girls gets possessed. the twist? she actually likes this spirit that's possessing her and willingly opens up to it. heavy emphasis on female sexual liberation and embracing the taboo. there's also major critiques of catholicism and how indigenous practices and female sexuality are considered "sinful" and "filthy". the only problem i had was with the writing... weirdly disjointed and the characters didn't seem to have continuity from page to page. if you love weird girl lit and/or religious horror... this is a good read.
“You wanna know how to take the temperature of a nation? Check on the ones left at the bottom. They will let you know if you have motherfucking fever or not.”
- V. Castro (Out of Aztlan)
rebel moon: part one - child of fire (the official movie novelization), v. castro & zack snyder
Book haul from visiting two bookstores today, though these came from the less smutty second store
Raft: A Stephen Baxter book I am repurchasing bc my copy was lost with the storage unit. Life in a literal AU where the only difference is that gravity is a billion times stronger than our universe.
The Wild Robot: The book the movie is based on, and I really really like the movie a lot.
Aliens: 3 Complete books in one; One takes place in Medieval times, apparently. Another takes place in some future, unclear how it relates to the original timeline yet but colonial marines are mentioned. The third one is about Lt. Vasquez from Aliens!
1984|Julia: my favorite tale of oligarchical collectivism but from the perspective of Julia, instead of Winston
RECO OF THE WEEK!
Goddess of Filth by V. Castro
Synopsis:
"“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash some power to take us all away from our home to the place of our dreams. But we weren’t witches. We were five Chicanas living in San Antonio, Texas, one year out of high school.”
One hot summer night, best friends Lourdes, Fernanda, Ana, Perla, and Pauline hold a séance. It’s all fun and games at first, but their tipsy laughter turns to terror when the flames burn straight through their prayer candles and Fernanda starts crawling toward her friends and chanting in Nahuatl, the language of their Aztec ancestors.
Over the next few weeks, shy, modest Fernanda starts acting strangely—smearing herself in black makeup, shredding her hands on rose thorns, sucking sin out of the mouths of the guilty. The local priest is convinced it's a demon, but Lourdes begins to suspect it’s something else—something far more ancient and powerful.
As Father Moreno's obsession with Fernanda grows, Lourdes enlists the help of her “bruja Craft crew” and a professor, Dr. Camacho, to understand what is happening to her friend in this unholy tale of possession-gone-right."
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Title: The Haunting of Alejandra | Author: V. Castro | Publisher: Del Rey (2023)